30/09/2026
This process may make it easier for students to swap with each other.
There are Facebook, instagram, Snapchat etc groups that students can join to try to swap with others who may not feel ready to take their upcoming test, or have to cancel it for some reason.
Swapping tests should not cost you a penny (apart from the cost of the call to the DVSA), if money starts to be discussed, do NOT swap with that person. There are plenty of unscrupulous individuals out there, who will prey on your need for an earlier test date and will defraud you.
The waiting list for a test is still frustratingly long, but cancellations and swaps do come up. The other thing that is happening is, the DVSA are recruiting new examiners all the time, when one qualifies it will open up an extra 6 or 7 tests per day, this is why sometimes you’ll log on, and suddenly there are a bunch of available tests at fairly short notice.
Driving instructors aren’t allowed to get involved with test bookings any more either, but we can advise on what steps to take, use us rather than your mate’s, mate’s cousin’s dad 👍🏻
